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THE WANDERERS. 




And a strange sight it must have been, 
Both to the women and the men 
Who viewed this beast, bv nature wild, 
Obedient to a simple child.— See pa^'/r 12. 



The Lost Atlantis «^«^e^^ 



OR -r 

ft 



^The Great Deluge of A IL 



AN EPIC POEM 

EDWARD N, BEECHER. 
ILLUSTRATED. 



'There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, 
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." 

— Shakespeare's "Hamlet.' 



CLEVELAND, O. 



f)ublisbc^ In: *'' 

Ube 36roohs Companv, f^ 



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CONTENTS, 

pa(;fs. 

Poem, Part I. . . . . 1-49 

Poem, Part II. . . . . 50-85 

Explanatory Notes.. . . 86-97 

Index, ..... 98-100 



ILLUSTRATIONS* 

The Wanderers, . . Frontispiece. 

The Zones of Poseidon, . . 69^ 

The Atlantian Plain (Garden of Eden), 75;, 

The Acropolis, .... 76V 

The Outline of Atlantis (Deep Sea 

Soundings of the Azores Islands), . 78 

Atlantis and Surroundings, . 85 V 



Zo 

Zbc universal brotberbooD of man witb a 

desire tbat all wbo peruse its pages 

ma^ be leC> tbrouctb tbe banD* 

booft ot IRature to a more 

perfect perception ot 

tbe Unfinite; 

Wibo, tbroucjb tbe toresicibt ot bis plan, 

Directs tbe Destinv of man, 

tibis volume is cor^iall^ DeDicateO 

BU tbe Hutboi\ 




II. 



The Author's Chat with the Reader. 

Throughout the following poem there are so many 
passages that so transcend the previous knowledge 
of the writer that he is reminded of the lines in 
Homer's Odyssey in which the goddess Minerva ad- 
dresses Telemachus as follows : 

" Search for some thought, 
Thy own suggestive mind 
And others dictated by heavenly power, 
Shall rise spontaneous in the needful hour." 

The writer though all desirous of following her 

advice regards himself — 

But the unworth}' recorder 

Of such thoughts as impressed his brain. 

The sources of information from which the details 
of Atlantian life so fully described, are such that 
they are believed to be veritable history ; but for 
the reader who can regard them only as fiction, it is 
hoped there will be found much that is entertaining, 
and at the same time instructive. In an effort to 
fully describe in rhythm one of the most eventful 
and heretofore mysterious epochs of the world's his- 
tory the author in entering this new domain of 

III. 



poetry, while, not seeking to avoid criticism, asks 
that judgment be rendered according to merit. 

No one who reads the foregoing pages should fail 
to make a study of the original drawings, " The 
Zones," "Atlantian Plain," and "Acropolis," all ac- 
curate object lessons from Plato's description of 
Atlantis ; while the maps of "Atlantis and surround- 
ings " and " The Outline of Atlantis " are of no less 
importance to the careful reader, taken as the}' were 
from reliable nautical charts obtained from the 
United States Hydrographic Office and giving the 
latest deep-sea soundings from all sources. 

In the index and notes at the close of the volume 
will be found much of interest gathered from his- 
tory and legendary lore, with man}^ new things in 
science and philosophy which it is hoped will lead 
up to a more complete study of this truly fascinat- 
ing subject. While a most hearty acknowledgment 
is here made for valuable information obtained from 
varied sources, special mention must be made 
of the book entitled "Eon and Bona" (author un- 
known) and Ignatius Donnelly's "Atlantis," pub- 
lished by Harper and Bros. 

EDWARD N. BEECHER. 
Cleveland, O., May, 1897. 

IV. 



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Z\)c %OBt Htlantie, 

OR 

''JLbc (Srcat H)clugc of Hll/' 



part ©ne. 



CANTO L 



1IN the cloud encircled ages, 
' Ere the time that modern sages 
Had the people securel}' bound, 
With a churchanit}^ profound ^ 
Assuming that credulous man 
Would accept their ingenious plan, 
Without a question or a word. 
Of much that was false and absurd ; 
There was dwelling on this earth plane, 
A race the knowledge of whose fame, 
Though still well known in realms above 
Where wisely rules the God of Love, 
Yet 'mong the mortals of this age 
None have yet read the title page, 
Of hist'ry that this island bore 
Except in legendar}' lore. 



THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



That where this verdant island stood 

Now rolls an irresistless flood. 

But to this race whate'er befell 

As all history fails to tell, 

We would more knowledge still obtain 

By rising high above earth's plane. 

Seeking in some celestial sphere 

Such light as may to all make clear 

The hist'ry of this ancient race. 

Who on our planet once held place. 

And loved and hated, lived and died, 

And only on themselves relied. 

Who heedless of others sorrow, 

Lost in the day, forgot the morrow. 

Not so their life in earlier days 

Whose worthy deeds 'twere well to praise 

Descending from the gods in line, 

While led by tendencies divine 

With virtue their high aim in life. 

They sought not luxury or strife ; 

But ere they reached the final goal, 

Love, true fruition of the soul. 

Through greed for gold and sensual lust 

Truth's banner trailing in the dust, 



THE GREAT DEI.UGE OF ALL,." 



Controlled at last b}^ passions base 
They fell from their exalted place, 
And now lie buried 'neath the deep, 
While none are left for them, to weep. 



THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO n. 



{N this fair land were maidens twain, 
Whose father did obedience claim ; 
While one was ushered into life, 
Fair daughter of this prophet's wife, 
Her beloved sister tried and staid 
A daughter was of his handmaid. 
These sisters wandered side by side. 
Their mother's joy and father's pride. 
Their mothers, who were not the same, 
Bestowed on each a fitting name. 
Sons only in that age had place 
And daughters then deemed a disgrace 
Were born to serve the t3^rant man, 
For such was then the barb'rous plan. 
But this great seer and prophet sage 
In true progress outran his age. 
Communing with a higher power 
Solved many problems of the hour, 
While brethren of a narrower mind 
Could not fit place for woman find. 



" THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 



Kl Laban was the name he bore, 
With honor known the country o'er. 
Though then his followers were few 
** He builded better than he knew." 
A nobler man none e'er could find, 
Who guided by infinite mind 
His daughters did such wisdom share 
That favored I^eila, chaste and fair, 
Prophetess proved 'mong womankind, - 
Who in that age was hard to find. 
Thus sage and seeress, side by side, 
Together sought to stem the tide 
Of bigotry, that there was found 
That heeded not wisdom profound. 
While Zoar, the daughter of his handmaid, 
Lovingly with fair Leila staid ; 
Enjoying her true friendship sweet. 
While flowers bloomed beneath their feet. 
Thus passed youth's days devoid of sorrow, 
Fearing not the dim to-morrow. 
For their true happiness 'twas well 
That naught of future they could tell, 
For 'tis our province to relate 
The evils wrought through pride and hate. 



THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



By a quite proud designing man 
Though trusted son of El Laban ; 
On these two children as they stood 
Upon the brink of womanhood. 
And daily from their father learned 
Such wisdom as he'd justly earned. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL. 



CANTO III. 



[HIS brother who the flocks did tend 

And should have been their trusted friend, 
Decoyed them in a vain pursuit 
Through forests in the search for fruit ; 
And led bj^ jealousy and hate, 
Left them to a relentless fate 
Where wild beasts roamed in search of prey, 
And lions roared till break of da}^ , 
When to their aid in this dread hour, 
Guided by some unseen power, 
There came relief from such a source. 
That blood rushed madly in its course 
Through all the fibres of their veins, 
While madly throbbed their o'erwrought brains. 
For now while fell the dark'ning hour 
A lion held them in his power. 
And as they stood with bated breath. 
They closed their eyes, awaiting death. 
The lion with his flowing mane 
Quite leisurely toward them came, 



THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



And when the}^ saw him thus draw near, 
Though much amazed thej^ ceased to fear. 
But no attack by him was made, 
And in their laps his head he laid. 
Thus this strange instrument of fate 
Proved a protector and a mate. 
Caressingly they stroked his mane 
When they more confidence did gain, 
And like Daniel of whom we're told, 
Who rested with the lions bold, 
They with this lion at their feet 
Were soon quite lost in slumber sweet ; 
But ere their eyes were closed in rest. 
A heavenly being came and blest 
Them with a view of radiance bright 
That dispelled darkness from the night. 
Thus God in His infinite love 
Sends to us from the realms above. 
His guardians to incarnate man 
At a fit time by His wise plan. 
When morning dawned with hunger, too, 
These wand'rers knew not what to do, 
But ere the}^ had time to complain, 
The lion to their rescue came, 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF AEL. 



And slew before their wond'ring sight, 

A wild beast conquered in the fight. 

A tiger who confronting stood 

And from this lion sought for blood ; 

But in this sanguinary strife 

The tiger sacrificed his life. 

While with flesh torn from slaughtered prey, 

This lion found an easy way 

To satisfy their appetite 

When they recovered from their fright. 



lO THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO IV. 



jHUS wandered they while the bright sun 
Successively his course did run, 
While weeks and months as we count time 
Compelled them there to still repine. 
Before these wanderers had viewed 
Aught but the forest solitude. 
At last there comes within their sight 
Through forest shades a welcome light. 
Which through the darkness did intrude 
And joyfully the sisters viewed. 
While near the forest's bounds they stood, 
These girls so near to womanhood, 
And gazed with eager eyes around 
Where signs of fellow man were found 
In waving fields glad'ning their sight, 
Gleaming like gold in the sunlight. 
Here they beheld too, from afar, 
Tents seemingly for men of war. 
Where on the banks of a clear stream 
Strange looking people could be seen. 



" THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 1 1 



These maidens now looked quite forlorn, 

Whose garb was by the briars torn ; 

Thotigh leaves they'd twined with skillful grace 

Their tattered garments to replace, 

Which such fair forms did illy hide, 

As might be any maiden's pride. 

There now approaches them quite near 

A native armed with deadly spear. 

The lion stands with threatening mien 

While this man hardly can refrain 

From entering into deadly strife 

With this brave beast who'd saved their life. 

When once again before them stood 

The emblem that betokened good, 

And there appeared o'er flowing mane 

(Which their attention well did claim), 

A being clothed in garments white 

Refulgent with the rays of light ; 

Whence came a voice of quick command, 

Bidding the lion crouching stand. 

The lion liked, not well this glare, 

Unlike the darkness of his lair ; 

But while they stood close by his side 

He crouched at once that they might ride. 



12 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



And this did quite allay the fear 

Of him to whom they now drew near, 

And with this native in the lead 

They followed on with easy speed ; 

And a strange sight it must have been, 

Both to the women and the men 

Who viewed this beast by nature wild ; 

Obedient to a simple child. '"^ 

Soon they all reached a princess' tent 

From which a messenger was sent; 

An interpreter wise and good, 

Who listening before them stood, 

While the}^ quite fittingly relate 

The story of a brother's hate. 

And their wanderings through the wood, 

How they, released by angels good, 

Were guarded by the king of beasts 

Who'd shared with them his bloody feasts. 

How on his back they safely rode 

Even to the princess' abode. 

Lura, the princess, to them came, 

Who fearing not this lion tame 

Did his full confidence command 

While on his head she placed a hand. 



'' THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 13 



Thus finding a most trusty friend 

Who with his life would her defend. 

And now their tardy steps are bent, 

Led by the princess to her tent. 

Reluctantly, for they'd not part 

From this brave beast who'd won their heart, 

But when they knew Lura's command 

That still united they should stand, 

All care was banished from their mind 

For here a pleasant home thej^ find, 

Where wearied bodies can have rest, 

While fittingl}^ the}^ both are dressed. 

The lion still does vigil keep 

While they are wrapped in peaceful sleep. 

Kre the}' awoke, with thoughtful care, 

The princess did a* tent prepare, 

In w^hich the lion had sole right. 

Where he reposed throughout the night. 

But with the dawning of each day. 

With his fair charge he took his wa}', 

Or roamed at pleasure o'er the plain 

Contented quite there to remain. 



14 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO V. 



fHE passing days Leila improved 
With music that she dearly loved, 
And thinking too of future good 
Obtained such knowledge as she could, 
Of dwellers in this new found land 
Whose language she would understand. 
Thus days and weeks, too quickly sped. 
When from these scenes their steps were led. 
For from the king upon the throne 
Lura was bid to seek her home. 
Responsive then to this command 
They parted from this fairy land. 
Journeying on with pomp and pride. 
The lion by their chariot's side. 
For days they traveled through a land 
Where flowers bloomed on ev'ry hand. 
Arriving at her father's court 
The princess quickly made report, 
Of the strange visitors that came 
Unbidden with this lion tame. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL.'' 15 



While the sisters in wonder gazed 
Upon the walls before them raised 
Protectingly on ev'ry hand ; 
Around this citadel so grand, 
Guarded well by warriors brave, 
Each one prepared their king to save. 
Fair Lura came with smiling face 
To tell how by the king's good grace. 
They should before his presence stand 
There to await his wise command. 
With trepidation plain to see 
Uncertain what their fate would be, 
They entered in the royal door, 
And gave the king the name they bore. 
And while they still await his grace 
Before them shines a radiant face, 
Benignly hov'ring o'er the head 
Of him to whom they had been led; 
And thus they knew all would be well 
When their strange story both should tell. 
Now when he learned that El Laban, 
The prophet, sage, and godl}^ man. 
Was father of these sisters fair, 
He gave to them his ev'ry care. 



1 6 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



Saying, "The name of God be praised 
That this great prophet He has raised. 
His daughters here shall have a' home 
Long as I sit upon this throne, 
And in my household ever rest 
'Till called to mansions of the blest." 
So in this palace rich and grand 
The sisters wandered hand in hand, 
While Zoar ever b}^ Leila's side 
Her steps in many ways did guide. 
And Leila near woman's estate 
Now foretells the future fate 
Of her protector friend, the king, 
What evil his own son will bring ; 
Who from his kingdom did depart, 
Though still held dear to father's heart. 
That all these evils will not come 
If younger son ascend the throne. 
Other visions to Leila came. 
Which time forbids us here to name. 
The king now quite b}^ Leila won 
Promised to her his youngest son, 
For whom prophecy did declare 
His father should the throne prepare. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 1 7 



Thus said the king: " Child though you are, 

I will proclaim it near and far, 

i\braham's God so fills your soul 

With prophecy in full control, 

x\nd thus has blessed mj^ household, too. 

That now I freely offer you 

In marriage my true son Kbon, 

Who shall ere long ascend my throne ; 

And 'tis a father's earnest prayer 

That all these honors you may share. 

When seven more years their course have run 

United 3^ou shall be as one, 

When it will be a sov'reign's pride 

That you shall be my son's loved bride. 

And thus the king with wisdom spoke 

And further blessings did invoke ; 

Calling his son before him there 

His blessing with Leila to share. 

Placing a hand above each brow 

While there they kneeled he made a vow 

That future rulers of this land 

Together they should surely stand, 

And thus was made for them a choice 

To which each heart gave loving voice. 



1 8 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO VI. 



YEAR followed year, of peaceful life. 
When came a time of war and strife. 
The absent son on evil bent 
Opposing armies homeward sent, 
Eager to seize upon the hour 
When he'd obtain a ruling power, 
With his good father overthrown 
The kingdom then would be his own, 
Contented not with lawful strife, 
He thought by the assassin's knife 
One more obstacle to remove ; 
The object of his brother's love. 
And so he sought- for Leila's life 
Ere she became the prince's wife. 
By using an effective bribe 
A murd'rer gained fair Leila's side. 
But while before her he did stand, 
The ready blade within his hand 
Her wond'rous charms did so beguile 
That he refrained from deed so vile, 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL. 19 



And made to her a reckless vow, 
With jewels rare to deck her brow ; 
If she'd consent to be his wife, 
Then only would he spare her life. 
But being met with angry scorn, 
A renewed hate within him born 
He raised aloft the shining blade. 
But quickly now his hand was staid, 
For o'er them shone a brighter ray 
Than the full glare of the noonday. 
This light that quickly on them fell 
Threw over them a deathlike spell ; 
While min'string to the promised bride 
Were angel forms on every side. 
Quite futile the assassin's knife 
In this, now too unequal strife. 
While in his hand the blade he bore 
Prostrate he fell upon the floor, 
A victim of his mad'ning hate 
And his own blade, for such is fate. 



20 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO VII. 



fHE years are drawing to a close 
In which Leila can find repose ; 
Happy and free from ev'ry care 
While Zoar does many pleasures share. 
Betrothal days draw to an end, 
When wedding feasts will now attend. 
Responsive to the king's behests 
Appear the many honored guests, 
Among them in perfect disguise ; 
Eager himself to win the prize 
And this great kingdom for his own ; 
With Leila fair to share the throne. 
With flattery and wine profuse; 
His father's honor to abuse, 
The elder son came from afar 
And these festivities did mar. 
But Ebon, now his father's pride, 
With filial love now sought the side 
Of him now drunken with much wine 
Made so by villanous design. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 21 



Now urged him to seek needed rest, 

Removed from each invited guest. 

But as his brain was quite confused, 

He most indignantly refused, 

And knowing not his own disgrace 

Compelled this son to leave the place ; 

Commanding him to now repair 

To his apartment guarded there 

By hirehngs stationed at the door, 

By drunken king whose wrath he bore ; 

There to remain in quiet rest; 

For this was now his stern behest. 

With revellers on every hand, 

Right in their midst the king did stand. 

Proclaiming that he would disown 

Ebon successor to the throne, 

And should the elder son appear, 

Who still was held by him quite dear, 

He yet would reign with pomp and pride, 

With Leila for his queenly bride. 



22 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO vni. 




IDST all this revelry there stood 

With breaking heart, Leila the good. ' 
Yet knowing she had naught to fear 
While min'string angels hovered near. 
The sov'reign's promise she did gain 
That by herself she might remain, 
'Till the festivities were o'er 
And the bridal wreath she bore. 
With Zoar she sought her own abode 
But restless in the hall they trode. 
While white-robed forms their vigil shared, 
Slumbered the guards who should have cared 
For the strict orders from the throne 
To vigil keep over Ebon. 
Oblivious to all, they slept, 
While to Ebon's apartment crept 
Leila and Zoar to him advise. 
That quickly he must now arise. 
While Leila did to him unfold 
The vision that she did behold. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 



How they must fly ere yonder sun 
Another day its course had run. 
Responsive to this strange command 
To seek a home in foreign land, 
With riches that were justly won, 
Though coveted by elder son, 
Ebon with much wealth of his own, 
Quite stealthily sought near the throne 
Rare jewels from the king's rich crown, 
That like rain-drops fell quickly down. 
All loosened by one son before, 
Who will not ever see them more ; 
Though coveted by this ingrate, 
Ebon obtained through hand of fate. 
Forth from the city there did ride, 
With trusty guardsmen for his guide. 
Ebon who rightfully should reign 
Deposed by brother's greed of gain, 
With the fair Leila loved and tried 
And faithful Zoar close by her side. 



24 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO IX. 



^/"HEN night her sable mantle spread 
And guests were to the palace led, 
To banquet hall where wine flowed free 
And all engaged in revelry, 
The elder vSon with meekness feigned 
At last his father's grace obtained. 
With seeming penitence he came 
And now revealed to him his name. 
With flattery and drink quite mad, 
The king was easily made glad, 
Who while he on himself relied 
Gave orders with much pomp and pride, 
The wedding feast to then prepare 
In which each guest should have a share. 
While the elder son by his side. 
Should have fair Leila for his bride. 
Then summoned Ebon to the place 
As witness to his own disgrace. 
They searched the palace all around, 
But Ebon could no where be found. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL. 25 



The prophet's daughter, where was she ? 
They learned that she too now was free. 
Prostrated quite was this proud king 
By tidings which his servants bring. 
And so the guests departed all, 
With wonder at the king's downfall. 
When he remembered all too late 
The prophecy of his just fate. 



26 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO X. 



jHE moon shed forth her silv'ry light, 
As Ebon wandered through the night, 
With Leila his great joy and pride 
And Zoar protected by her guide. 
Thrice rose the sun, and thrice it set, 
When the}' halted without regret 
Beneath the shade of friendly trees ; 
Where wafted on the cooling breeze 
Were perfumes from the rarest flowers, 
To soothe them in their shady bowers. 
A spicy bed of fragrant boughs 
Fit for a prince and worthy spouse. 
This couch when by Ebon prepared 
Zoar and Leila together shared ; 
Where trusty guard did vigil keep 
That Ebon and these maids might sleep ; 
Protected by higher powers, 
To dream of childhood's happy hours. 
When morning dawned, all mounted well, 
Through prophecy, Leila does tell 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 2/ 



Of future home in other lands, 

And what the present, too, demands, 

As wanderers they journey on 

With faces to the setting sun. 

There came at last rumors of war 

From trav'lers coming from afar, 

And of the king now 'mong the dead 

While elder son reigns in his stead. 

So selfish and with evil fraught 

His reign wull surely come to naught. 

And so the rule of this young king 

Great changes to that land did bring. 

The lion, long these sisters pride, 

For whom the king should well provide, 

With no companions now to greet. 

Now bowed with grief, refused to eat. 

His life with sorrow overcast, 

He laid him down and breathed his last. 

And now quite near the palace grand 

A fitting monument does stand. 

In mem'ry of the king of beasts 

Who served these maids with man}' feasts, 

As willing instrument of man 

Obedient to the all-wise plan. 



28 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO XL 



'^'^/'HIIyE Ebon met with many tribes 

* » Who reckless were of others' hves 
He boldly met them face to face 
And fearlessly he held his place. 
They journeyed on from day to day 
And oftimes halted b}^ the wa}^, 
As from a scarcity of food 
They hungered, rest seemed doubly good. 
A stranger came to them one day, 
Though uninvited, yet did stay 
With some fixed purpose he'd in view, 
With questions many, answers few. 
Although their meal with him was shared, 
They were entirely unprepared 
To learn that he was wise Elzar; 
Whom they had left in lands afar — 
Though he spoke freely of their king 
And did much information bring. 
They journeyed on o'er hill and plain, 
And sought a livelihood to gain 



" THE GREAT DEIvUGE C)F ALI.." 29 



By taking trav'lers by the hand, 
Who journeyed in this chosen land. 
And while they held them in a vSpell 
Their unknown future they did tell. 
At last they met a robber band 
Who bid them, with a stern command, 
Deliver up each noble steed ; 
Which placed them in still greater need. 
But though quite illy now they fared 
They still were to each other spared, 
And though ofttimes sorely distressed 
They, all their jewels 3^et possessed. 



30 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO xn. 



T% EILA forlorn sat 'neath a tree 
J^ Surrounded by her company, 
Where they with hunger sore oppressed. 
Exhausted, all had sought for rest. 
With garments now tattered and torn, 
They all were objects quite forlorn. 
Then Leila sought her eyes to close 
That she might sink into repose. 
There soothed by some cool zephyr's breath 
Would but too gladly welcome death. 
While thus she sought for solace sweet 
She heard the sound of many feet, 
And in this tramp of mighty host 
Her senses were in wonder lost ; 
For when her eyes she opened wide 
No more these horsemen she descried. 
And being overwhelmed with grief. 
Quick closed her eyes to find relief; 
When to her vision came anew 
That warrior host in full review. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 3 I 



Led by their king in splendor grand 

Who in his chariot did stand. 

Still onward did this host advance 

While long was Leila in this trance; 

For much she feared to ope' her eyes 

Lest all should not materialize. 

When Zoar cried — "Oh, the armed host! 

Coming as quiet as a ghost." 

Quite fully 'roused Leila now knew 

Her vision had been proven true. 

When over her was cast a spell 

Which for this king did auger well. 

So now devoid of any fear, 

To the king's chariot she drew near ; 

And though the guard would pierce her through 

She faltered not, for w^ell she knew 

A mightier host was on her side, 

Than in these chariots did ride ; 

Like the vast army we are told 

Guarded the prophet host of old.^ 

Before the king she looked forlorn, 

But in her heart new hope was born 

As the king's face she now did scan, 

Who knew her father. El Laban. 



32 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



And so for her he did provide 
That in his chariot she should ride, 
And equal favor to Zoar, showed 
While her male friends on horses rode. 
Now she was inspired to relate 
The prophecy of his foe's fate. 
And how his army he should lead 
Now promptly with increasing speed, 
Not by the plan that he had made, 
Which he before his guards had laid, 
But ent'ring by another gate 
To move at once, before too late, 
By strategy he'd enter in 
The cit}^ and a victory win. 
Their women should not plead in vain. 
But living they should all remain 
^With the children for whom they cared. 
Prophets and priest should all be spared. 
Then came the cry from reckless horde, 
"She is a witch, heed not her word, 
But slaying her appease the Gods 
And throw her carcass to the dogs." 
The king forbade, though doubtful too, 
Whether her prophecy was true. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL. 33 



But sent out guards to spy the land 
Of his enemy near at hand. 
But when the guards made their report 
They did to perfidy resort, 
Saying : " This witch is false to you, 
For we have proved her words untrue. 
And should you listen to her tale 
Your enemy would sure prevail." 
The king was seized with anger sore, 
While from his chariot they bore 
The shrinking forms of sisters twain. 
By his command there to be slain. 
When prone before the king there fell, 
One of the guards the truth to tell ; 
How through jealousy and rage 
They did among themselves engage 
Vengeance on this " witch " to bring. 
Who sought to influence their king, 
So the}^ a false report did bear, 
Lest Leila should some glory share 
With the king when he should defeat. 
The enemy in their retreat. 
The false guards now in full disgrace. 
The king chose others in their place. 



34 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



Who, following the king's command, 

Brought true report back from this land, 

That lycila was a prophet true 

And this the false guards fully knew, 

Who would have been for treason slain, 

But Leila did their pardon gain. 

For which they gave most grateful thanks, 

And were then placed within the ranks. 

Did time permit, we here would tell 

How was taken this citadel; 

The women spared and children too 

With priests, old men, and prophets true. 

How in the providential plan. 

His daughters found wise El Laban, 

Who thought them by the lions slain 

Rejoices now to meet again. 

Thankful to a higher power 

Who guides our steps through evjry hour. 

And this good king, Leos by name. 

Who from another kingdom came. 

Now his just gratitude to prove 

Worships the prophet's God of love, 

And vows a temple shall be raised 

Wherein he ever may be praised. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL. 35 



And that the prophet in his land 
An honored guest shall ever stand. 
And with his daughters tried and true 
All honors share, justly their due. 

vl^ n1^ vI^ vl^ vl^ vl^ 

Their lives flowed by like a sweet song, 
Who gladly did their stay prolong. 
A final hour of happiness 
The sisters lives at last did bless. 
When by the king's kindly command. 
Brave Ebon did by Leila stand 
While Klzar stood close by the side 
Of Zoar, now promised for his bride. 
When vows were made to last for life, 
And these true men each took a wife. 
While Zoar and Leila happy too 
Promised to be forever true, 
And there was not a happier man 
Than the wise prophet El Laban. 



36 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO xm. 



S now with hearts so light and free 
They journeyed to the king's country, 
The sisters had time to review 
The varied scenes they had passed through. 
El lyaban told of sorrow sore 
When sure his daughters were no more, 
For when his search for them was vain. 
He thought they were by wild beasts slain. 
The brother who such hatred bore, 
Fleeing from home was seen no more. 
Full many stories might be told 
Of them while in the king's household. 
How to Leila was born a son. 
Who many royal honors won. 
To El lyaban, the prophet wise. 
Who could the king so well advise, 
The place of counsellor was given, 
Which came to him quite unbidden. 
At last a banquet was prepared 
Which many guests of honor shared. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL. 37 



Here, too, was built a temple grand, 
A lasting monument to stand 
To the true God, father of man ; 
So loved and served by El Laban, 
Who, led by inspiration, told 
■ (And no details did he withhold). 
How wisdom's temple should be reared 
To One so deeply loved, not feared. 
But we would now the story tell 
Of what to these sisters befell, 
And how in their adopted land. 
All subject to their wise command. 
Rare fruits and flowers and verdure green 
Are in perfection ever seen ; 
While lies before them many a plain 
That yet will wave with golden grain. 
With shores washed by a mighty sea 
Where a great harbor yet will be. 
And laden ships from many lands 
Will leave their cargoes on these sands. 
In this, an age of war and strife, 
Ebon and Leila passed a life 
That taught the brotherhood of man, 
For this was the unselfish plan. 



3^ THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



(Elzar, the law giver, should be praised,) 
On which was this just kingdom raised, 
Whose wisdom was quite well proven 
When as ruler he was chosen. 
Here lions roamed and were not slain, 
While confidence in man they gain. 
These sisters thought how the}' were saved 
By a wild beast who danger braved. 
With animals that God gave life 
They would not enter into strife, 
Or slaughter with a ruthless hand 

When safety did not so demand. 

^ ^ ^'fi -^ ^ -^ 

The homes that in this land were reared. 
Attractively to all appeared ; 
Built of straight willows, shining bright. 
That glistened in the rays of light, 
And at the entrance of each room 
Were hanging vines with richest bloom. 



" THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 39 



CANTO XIV. 



W^/HILE time's shuttle a web doth weave 
* » Some will rejoice while others grieve. 
El Laban, now quite ripe in years, 
Leaves peacefully this vale of tears ; 
He with the morn rose well and bright, 
But sickened ere the shades of night 
Had o'er the earth her mantle spread, 
When he was numbered with the dead. 
From his body of lifeless clay 
The spirit form had soared awa}^ ; 
Friends mourned his loss, who still remain, 
As toilers on the lower plane, 
To whom, he from the courts above 
A miu'string angel oft may prove. 
To this fair country, Ebon's home, 
From other realms did many come, 
And gained much wisdom from this land 
Which then progressively did stand, 
A beacon light in a dark age. 
Thus brighter days it did presage. 



40 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO XV. 



[%JERE on the border of two lands, 



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By virtue of the king's commands, 
Were built two temples, broad and high, 
With towers pointing to the sky ; 
Where kindred nations both did meet. 
And joined in intercourse most sweet. 
Ebon with his companion true, 
Wishing their friendship to renew. 
With the kind rulers of the land 
Where friendship's temple then did stand, 
Sojourned with them for many days, 
That they might learn much of their ways. 
When days of feasting all are o'er. 
And they return from foreign shore. 
They tarry in these temples fair 
And leave their names recorded there, 
That their po.sterity may learn, 
That true success all must well earn. 
So homeward now they set their face 
With benedictions on this place. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 4 1 



Journeying on their homeward way 

The sun shone bright as endless day, 

With air all fresh from dews of night, 

The morning dawned with splendor bright. 

With hearts in tune with wild birds' song, 

Thus joyfully they journeyed on. 

While Zoar and Leila side by side 

With comfort did in chariots ride. 

Elzar and Ebon took their seat 

Upon their steeds so strong and fleet, 

And 'twas a joyful cavalcade 

That journeyed 'neath the forest shade. 

But broken was this happy spell 

When Ebon's horse stumbled and fell, 

And threw his rider suddenly, 

With so much force against a tree, 

That when his loved ones reached the spot, 

His form was there, Ebon was not. 

To him a monument was raised, 

On which his useful life was praised, 

Where guarding him by day and night 

Two lions stood in marble white. 

Though Leila mourned with sorrow sore 

She bravely all new burdens bore. 



42 THE LOST ATtANTiS, OR 



Where providence her lot had cast, 
She would be faithful to the last. 
Here beauty reigned on ev'ry hand 
And such attention did command 
That dwellers, on the other coast. 
Made this their worship and their boast ; 
And held this idol far above 
The living God, the God of Love. 
But those who Leila so much loved. 
Whose wisdom had been fully proved, 
Upholding laws that written stood, 
Sought God, the spirit of all good ; 
Whose laws of love and wisdom stand 
Written there by nature's hand. 
On rock and rill, and flowing stream, 
That ev'rywhere by man is seen. 
While beauty wrought by man in art 
Knows not the beauty of the heart 
Of Nature that in man is shown, 
A beauty that is nature's own. 
While Leila is before our view, 
'Tis fitting here to make review, 
Of those who ever near her stood. 
Co-workers in the brotherhood 



•'THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 43 



Of those who seek to aid mankind, 

Much needed here, yet hard to find. 

These noble souls have passed from earth 

To spirit realms and a new birth, 

Who while incarnate here below 

Much wisdom did on earth bestow. 

Through Leila's life it was made plain 

What happiness mankind will gain, 

When woman takes her place with man 

A co-worker, as well she can ; 

And God's children whate'er their sex 

Work out the problem so complex 

Of justice to all human kind, 

Who on the planet earth we find. 

And when her good work is reviewed, 

We find a debt of gratitude 

To her all womankind does owe, 

Of which this age does little know. 

El Laban did her sex uphold 

With wisdom, rich as mines of gold ; 

While Zoar by the wise Elzar stood. 

And Ebon instrument of good. 



44 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO XVI. * 



§NE morn the sun rose bright and fair 
And found the princess full of care ; 
When she was called to sister Zoar 
Lest she should never see her more. 
And soon reached her in sad surprise 
Before in death she closed her eyes. 
And while for her they all did weep 
Elzar beloved found his last sleep, 
And now lies buried by her side, 
Beloved by all, a nation's pride ; 
While two lions upon his tomb 
Look ever to the setting sun. 
The moon once more her course has run 
Since Elzar's useful work was done. 
Another must the laws provide 
To justice mete on ev'ry side ; 
Then from this people word did come 
To give the place to Leila's son. 

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THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 45 



At home upon the river's side, 
Within the sound of ocean's tide, 
Reclining in an easy chair. 
Sits Leila, now with silv'ry hair. 
While sweetest music greets her ear, 
Recalling those to her so dear, 
Now dwelling on the unseen shore 
Where pain and sickness are no more ; 
While fairy boats quite gently glide 
With silken sails along the tide. 
She dreams of loved ones who have run, 
Well this life's race and vict'ry won. 
When dreamily she rose to view 
In the garden some object new, 
When suddenly her eyes were raised 
And in a mirror wond'ring gazed, 
As reflected, to her surprise. 
There still she sat with closed eyes. 
Then stepping quickly to the door, 
She called her maidens o'er and o'er, 
And while no answer from them came 
There still reclined her form the same. 
When in her wonder and surprise 
lyoved Ebon stands before her eyes. 



46 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



And in the garden takes a walk 
Close by her side, but does not talk ; 
And though by him no word was said, 
Now spoke her maidens : " She is dead." 
For though her voice they could not hear, 
Ever attentive, they drew near, 
And found her body cold in death 
Where she had drawn her latest breath. 
'Twas then she knew that yonder form 
Would rise no more upon the morn. 
And when there dawned another day 
'Twould be consigned to mother clay. 
Then Ebon told to her the truth : 
" Your form now wears the robes of youth ; 
What they call death is life and light. 
You clothed in garments shining bright 
Immortal now from earth set free. 
Progress will make eternally." 

Her form was tenderly removed 
By kindred whom she dearly loved. 
While with much thoughtfulness and care 
They did a resting place prepare. 

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THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL. 47 



Ebon and Leila softl}^ glide 
Into the room and b}^ the side 
Of this now wrinkled lifeless clay, 
Stroke the cold form and steal away ; 
For both have now a shining form 
Which love eternal doth adorn. 
And so will you, incarnate man, 
If you accept the all-wise plan, 
Leaving the mortal body here, 
Develop in some higher sphere. 



48 THE LOvST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO XVII. 



tUlTE fittingly we now recall 
The story of what should befall 
This island in that evil age, 
Which Leila did long since presage. 
" In this our land of beaut}^ rare, 
With which none other can compare ; 
Of commerce, the world's greatest mart, 
Foremost in science and in art. 
Where worshipped is the God of Love 
Who fixed the stars in heaven above. 
And in the justice of his plan 
Directs the destiny of man. 
In future years will come a race, 
Who will in history have place, 
Who heedless of the greatest good, 
And what they owe to brotherhood ; 
Influenced by false priests and wine 
Their morals will so much decline 
That to false gods they will give ear 
In these fair bowers to us so dear. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL 49 



But while their wickedness is rife, 
'Midst all this revelry and strife, 
Will come the lightning's vivid flash, 
And thunder like the mighty clash 
Of angry hosts in battle met, 
" And with no time for vain regret 
Will come the sound of ocean roar, 
Atlantis then will be no more." 



<< 



^be Xoet Htlanti6, 

OR 

C;be (Breat 2)eluge of HU/' 



part ^wo. 



CANTO L 



iN Aztlan's ever wave-washed shores ^ 
Are gathered gold and richest stores. 
Brought by their ships from distant lands, 
Now subject to the stern demands 
Of Aztlan's proud and mighty king, 
Whose praise they must reluctant sing. 
Not so was Hlzar's former reign, 
When man true happiness did gain ; 
Who nurtured poetry and art, 
Neglecting not the traders' mart, 
And in the foresight of his plan 
Upheld the brotherhood of man. 
Centuries have o'er Aztlan passed 
Since we beheld this island last, 
Whei e tyrant rulers now oppress 
The people and cause great distress, 



" THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 5 1 



All heedless of the nation's good, 

Or prophecy of future flood, 

Which coming from the ages past 

Should warning shadows o'er them cast. 

The children of this Aztlan race 

In America once had place, "^ 

Where were raised many temples grand. 

The wonder still of ev'ry land. 

Where now lie buried in the earth 

The implements that there had birth ; 

Who though still an Atlantian child 

Had from her shores been long exiled. 

By Aztlan's hands bronze was first wrought, 

(The art by them to others taught). 

With copper dug from their rich mines, 

And tin quite rare in olden times. 

There orichalchum, too, was found. 

That ancient metal so renowned. 

A rarity which we are told 

Excelled in beauty finest gold. 

While not to other ages known, 

'Twould seem a product all their own 

To beautify their temples rare. 

Now buried with their land so fair. 



52 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



But in the age known as the flood 
They leaders of the nation stood, 
Both in science and in art ; 
Their ships, too, reaching ev'ry mart 
Of commerce in the then known world, 
Where sails were to the breeze unfurled. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 53 



CANTO n. 




'E'LL grant to hist'ry its just due, 
Though stories of Noah be untrue, 
As found in the Bible version. 
Which seems of truth a perversion. 
For animals of ev'ry kind 
Even standing room could not find 
In any ship through 'twere an ark. 
For they'd have foundered any bark. 
But these are legendary tales, 
About this big ship without sails ; 
Just such stories have each nation 
About floods and the creation.^ 
Though 'tis truth we state with freedom, 
We know well that our statements bold, 
lyost Atlantis was the Eden ^ 
Of which sacred hisU)ry told. 
And here were the fields Elysian ^ 
Described by the ancient Grecian ; 
"The happy islands of the blest 
Home of Chronos in the far West." 



54 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



Garden for the gods resting place, 
While incarnate among a race 
Of human beings though exiled, 
Upon whom fortune ever smiled ; 
Until by evil overcome 
Zeus had their empire overthrown. 
And sent a deluge to destroy 
This island loved, their pride and joy. 
Aztlan's first kings that ruled in line 
Were known as gods in later time.^ ^ 
Of all their kings perhaps a score 
To us are known by names they bore. 
The legends say that Uranos 
And Gaea, (the earth), his worthy spouse ; 
(Himself an emblem of the sky), 
Descending from his home on high. 
Begat the first incarnate god,^^ 
Who on this blessed island trod. 
This legend seems like evolution. 
That has caused such revolution 
In the trend of modern thought, 
In judging what the scriptures taught, 
'Twas from the womb of mother earth 
That the first man was given birth. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL. 55 



For that is what the Scriptures tell, 
And Bible history as well. 
That in God's image all were made, 
Bven those of the darkest shade. 
Was the world wrought in seven days ? 
For that is what the Scripture says. 
And that besides, a thousand years 
But as one day to God appears. 
And if you scan the figures o'er, 
You'll find of years more than a score 
Of thousands had passed o'er the world 
Before Christ's banner was unfurled ; 
As incarnate man on earth's plane. 
The brotherhood of man to gain. 
Now look once more, and see how near. 
The legendary tales so dear 
To many nations of the earth, 
Reflect the story of the birth 
Of the God-given Nazarene, 
Who for a time on earth was seen, 
Who millions now do Deif}^ 
While on His mercy the}' rely. 



56 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO III. 



ND now we'll tell of the man-god 
il^l Who on Atlantis island trod. 
Chronos (as Saturn sometimes known), 
Swallowed five children of his own. 
This is the story legends tell 
Of what to these infants befell. 
But Rhaea, his wife, an image gave 
To Chronos, her son Zeus to save ; 
Which, swathed in linen, he received 
And swallowed, being quite deceived. 
(And thus was Zeus saved to the world, 
Who many thunderbolts has hurled.J 
Chronos as god of harvest stood 
And warning gave of coming flood. 
But finally was overthrown 
By Zeus, the son he would disown. 
For as he grew to man's estate. 
He viewed his father with such hate 
That having sought his mother's aid, 
A plan successfully was laid 



" THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 57 



By which these children hid from sight, 
Were once again brought to the light. 
The number of the sons was three, 
Who did among themselves agree 
To wrest their father from his throne, 
And seize his kingdom for their own. 
The brothers that to Zeus' aid came, 
Poseidon and Pluto by name, 
(Having been brought again to life). 
Now undertook a bloody strife 
With Titans who the throne would gain. 
And from the struggle victors came. 
And did a fair agreement make 
Just portions of the spoils to take. 
Though in dividing each had share 
Zeus over all was given care ; 
As ruler in the heavens above. 
Who known as Jupiter or Jove 
Has, from his home beyond the sky. 
Long rolled his thunder from on high. 
Pluto sought not an earthly throne, 
But, seemingly on darkness prone 
Seeking the gloomy under world. 
Hades' banner there unfurled. 



58 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



Chronos' son, the last of the three. 
Was supreme ruler of the sea. 
Poseidon was the name he bore,^^ 
As Neptune known in Grecian lore. 
While o'er the sea he had command 
He wisely ruled Atlantis land, 
And many temples there appeared 
That to his memory were reared, 
(As the real founder of that land). 
And for centuries did stand. 
He in his hand the trident bore 
Triumphantly the ocean o'er ; 
As monarch over sea and land 
Did upright in his chariot stand, 
Drawn by two noble prancing steeds 
Fit instrument for mighty deeds. 
While of the trident in his hand, 
Each of the arms distinct did stand, 
One for Atlantis and the isles 
Which then received dame nature's smiles, 
One for America in the West, 
The part that bowed to his behest. 
While the main-land toward the East 
Of his whole realm was not the least. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF AI^L. 59 



To him were born sons, half a score, ^ ^ 
Who each a name as ruler bore. 
Atlas, the elder, was supreme, 
Who oft in pictures we have seen 
Holding the world in his strong hands, 
Obedient thus to his commands. 
From him Atlantis had its name, 
Whence, too, Atlantic Ocean came. 
The younger brothers, each a king. 
All must to him a tribute bring. 
With his twin brother he agrees 
That all the part near Hercules' 
Pillars, shall be his island share. 
So Godeirus was ruler there. 
Then Ampheres and Evsemon, 
With Mneseus and Autochthon, 
And Elasippus with Mestor ; 
All ^nighty men in peace and war. 
Of all these sons each was a twin. 
Who honors did as rulers win. 
There was still another pair, 
Azaes, the elder, was quite fair ; 
Diaprapes, much younger, stood 
For all that was both brave and good. 



6o THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



Each one a ruler's sceptre bore 

Over provinces a half score. 

These were the rulers of a land, 

That in all progress first did stand 

As leaders of primeval man ; 

How long ago, tell it who can? 

Ten thousand years historians say,^ 

While scientists have found a way 

To multiply this by a score ; ^ ^ 

While others say 'tis thousands more.^ ^ 

But we'll leave them to decide. 

And in some other way provide 

A knowledge of what there transpired, 

Which is a thing we've long desired. 



4 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 6l 



CANTO IV. 




'B will now briefl}^ vSeek to trace 
The advent of the human race, 
Who in God's wise and complex plan 
Comprised the brotherhood of man ; 
For unknown centuries of time 
To which we can no date assign. 
The true orgin of mankind 
In Genesis we do not find ; ^ ^ 
Where Bible history does trace 
The wand'rings of a single race. 
For the primeval state of man, 
No mortal can conceive a plan 
Of what befell eons ago, 
Man, then butrin the embryo. 
That man came through evolution,^ ^ 
Caused in thought a revolution, 
Which a Darwin was first to find. 
And others of a superior mind. 
And 'twas science that first gave birth 
To the theory, that the earth 



62 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



Was inhabited ages before 
' Adam and Eve the fig leaves wore, 
And happily lived in Eden, 
Where they wandered in great freedom, 
'Till the woman was quite deceived, 
(If the stor}^ can be believed,) 
By the evil one incarnate 
In a serpentine form and shape. 
Another thing science declared, 
For which the world was ill prepared. 
How from this fact there's no escape 
That primal man looked like an ape,^'^ 
And earlier still was protoplasm, ^^ 
Leaving unbridged such a great chasm 
That man today stands on its brink, 
And seeks in vain the missing link. 
So with these crude suggestions brief 
We will now turn another leaf, 
Leaving to the future sages 
Further problems of the ages. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 63 



CANTO V. 




'E find 'tis history's mission 
To record what's reached fruition, 
So to legends we have resource 
When history has run its course, 
And for further information 
We must look to inspiration. 
For 'twas the poets, not the sages 
Who in songs of the past ages, 
So well depicted to our view 
The varied epochs man passed through. 
From the first step of his progress 
When to rough stone he had access; 
And how he first did undertake 
The simplest implements to make. 
When to progress he did aspire, 
These tools a polish did acquire. 
But as man climbed a higher round, 
In mother earth copper was found, 
Which, when moulded into shape. 
Various implements did make ; 



64 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



When to his store was added tin, 

From which discov'r}^ did begin 

The age of bronze, in history famed, 

For to such knowledge he'd attained 

That these two metals were combined. 

Which when by fire well refined 

Fine bronze was formed of such a mold 

That it proved useful as fine gold. 

Wrought into helmets that he wore, 

And trusty shields their warriors bore, 

With weapons so well known to fame 

That 'tis quite needless here to name. 

'Twas then that poetry and art 

So filled man's soul and won his heart. 

That to the virtues much inclined 

He sought to cultivate his mind ; 

That while abiding here below 

He would more of the future know, 

And learn from the God who reigns above 

The problem of unselfish love. 

Though many lessons he had learned 

From nature, yet he ever yearned 

For great wisdom and more power 

To solve the problems of each hour. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 65 



'Twas then that man sought to be just^^ 

And lived in confidence and trust ; 

While governed not by greed of gain 

True happiness he did obtain. 

With no time for needless sorrow 

He feared not the coming morrow, 

'Twas in this age of noble art, 

That their artificers had part 

In building that great palace famed, 

In which each king some honor claimed. 

But Poseidon, the first in line 

Was made a god in later time. 

A temple, too, inclosed with gold, 

By them was built, so we are told 

In Plato's story of renown, 

Which was from Solon handed down ; 

That though for ages held in doubt. 

Is now by science pointed out 

As hist'ry of a verdant isle, 

On which our sun so long did smile, 

When as a portion of this earth 

To much of progress it gave birth. 



66 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO VI. 



|HERE came a time in his career 
When virtue was not held so dear, 
And heedless of his better self, 
Man sought further power and wealth, 
And banished from him that true love 
That emanates from God above. 
Alas ! that with more knowledge came 
A record of such sin and shame, 
When selfishness had full control 
And "iron entered in the soul". 
'Twas in this hour, with evil rife, 
That man oft took his brother's life. 
And while in art he gained new light, 
He falsely claimed that "might was right". 
And with an ever skillful hand 
Still greater power to command. 
Opened the womb of mother earth 
And to the world iron gave birth. 
But 'twould seem in the very hour 
That he gained this added power, 



"THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 67 



His heart was so turned to steel, 
That ev'ry one had ceased to feel 
Any regard for his neighbor ; 
All intent on selfish labor. 
'Twas then that in their midst appeared 
One who his God had never feared, 
And blinded by the greed of gain 
Wealth and power sought to obtain. 
While all his energies were bent 
Upon this one accomplishment. 
For in the age of which we speak, 
It was not long he had to vSeek 
' For subjects fit for his commands. 
Such willing tools within his hands 
That he a mighty king became, 
Though lost to hist'ry is his name. 
Ambitious to increase his realm 
And other powers to o'erwhelm, 
He organized a mighty force, 
Of men equipped with such recourse 
As only Aztlan then could boast. 
Brought from many a distant coast. 
This tyrant first protected well 
His own palace and citadel. 



68 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



A structure even then so grand 

That first in beauty it did stand ; 

A monument of highest art, 

Which many dynasties had part 

In building, each in their own way, 

While o'er this kingdom each held sway. 

But this ruler began too late, 

For he knew not his coming fate. 

And ere his portion was complete 

His realm lay buried in the deep. 



THE "zonks" of POSEIDON. 

{As described in " Dialogues of Plato y) 

The shaded portion of the drawing represents the water 
zones, the unshaded portion the zones of land. 




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E, and F, canals ; the former connecting the zones with 
the ocean, the latter with the plain. 

A, Poseidon's Temple. B, Palace of the Kings. C, C, 
Cross bridges. D, Foot bridge. W, W, W, W, The four walls 
that surrounded the three zones of land, and the outer har- 
bor or main zone of water. 



yo THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



CANTO vn. 



WT is our province here to show 
^ How this Acropolis did grow, 
During the kingdoms of the past 
To be impregnable at last. 
Upon a hill near Aztlan's plain 
The god Poseidon earthward came. 
Descending from his sky birth 
To labor in the fields of earth, 
Where dwelt Kvenor and Leuceippe, 
Who there a quiet home did keep, 
Where they reared with tender care 
An only daughter, Cleito fair. 
But when at length her parents died 
He then took Cleito for his bride. 

"Being a god," the legends say, 

"Quite easily he found a way 
To so improve this spot of land 
On which her father's house did stand. 
That when his plans were fully laid 
A perfect Eden there he made. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL. 7 1 



The summit of the hill he gave 
"Such turns as one would give a lathe," 
When from the outer edge quite round 
A zone of water there was found, 
That for this island did provide 
A watercourse a stadium wide. 
Once more the " lathe " he gave a turn, 
Which one could easily discern, 
Provided now a belt of land, 
Which two stadia wide did stand 
And left upon the outer side 
A water zone two stadia wide. 
To make the zones of land complete. 
An extreme centre one did meet, 
A water zone, three stadia wide. 
Safely beyond the ocean tide, 
And this was the most skillful plan 
Of this all-wise Deific man. 
Such great skill did all this demand 
As scarce was wrought by human hand. 
A channel, too, he did provide 
Near six miles long, both deep and wide, 
Where ships could enter from the sea 
And safely rest from tempests free. 



72 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



This was by covered bridges spanned 
Connecting all the zones of land, 
A race course, too, he did provide 
Around one zone (a stadium wide), 
Where sped their horses by the score 
While countless charioteers they bore. 
And many wise historians claim 
That Neptune first the horse did tame. 
Around each zone stone walls were placed, 
And with some metal each was faced. 
The outer one that first you pass 
Was of red stone covered with brass ; 
And next in line, as you pass in, 
On a white wall glittered bright tin. 
An inner wall of jet black stone 
Incloses well the island Zone. 
Covered with orichalchum bright 
Resplendent in the rays of light. 
That from the solar ^rbit fell, 
Athwart this mighty citadel. 



" THE GKEAT DELUGE OF ALL." 73 



CANTO vni. 



fROM this island towering high 
A temple rose toward the sky, 
To which their subjects yearly came 
In Cleito's and Poseidon's name, 
And worshipped at this holy shrine 
With products of their harvest time. 
This temple's grandeur was untold, 
Surrounded by a wall of gold, 
Poseidon's wisdom did provide 
A palace both his joy and pride, 
A temple for the kings as well, 
The names of all, Oh ! who can tell ? 
In a barbaric splendor built. 
Covered with silver, lined with gilt. 
With ivory quite well adorned. 
The pinnacle with gold was formed 
Bright orichalchum lined the floor, 
And pillars which for ages bore 
The written laws of this great land, 
Whose subjects all might understand. 



74 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



And noble statutes there we find, 
The product of some master mind ; 
There Neptune in his chariot stood, 
An emblem of the wise and good, 
While six winged horses of fine gold 
He did command, so we are told. 
A hundred Nereids here had place, 
All riding dolphins with much grace. 
Of the altar too, we might tell, 
And other images as well. 
Fountains and springs that did abound 
While baths for horses there were found. 
But we would learn too, of the soil, 
And products of those who did toil. 
And reap the harvest of the land, 
Which in production first did stand. 
First in importance they had wheat, 
Which modern nations all do eat, 
And other products of the earth, 
Which in this island first had birth. 
Many legumes there too were found, 
While cocoanuts did much abound ;2 2 
Of chestnuts there were not a few, 
And other nuts quite freely grew. 



THE ATT^ANTIAN PLAIN. 

( The Garden of Eden ) 

This plain (described by Plato) , a high plateau enclosed 
by mountain ranges was surrounded by the main canal 1,200 
miles long, while four other principal canals traversed the 
plain intersecting each other at right angles, thus forming 
(in all probability) the original cross. Smaller canals crossed 
the plain at a uniform distance of 12 miles apart. 



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The rivers descending from the mountains emptied into 
the main canal which they fed. The space in the center of 
the plain and enclosed by the four principal canals was in all 
probability "The Garden of Eden" of the Scriptures. 

The "Acropolis," a seaport city, was the terminus of the 
entire canal system, while many other towns were located in 
the mountain regions. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 75 



Here flowers of varied hue 
Were ever present to the view ; 
Birds of rare plumage filled the air 
With their sweet songs, beyond compare. 
Of animals that we might name, 
Wild elephants roamed o'er the plain, 
The lion, with has shaggj'' mane. 
Who man's attention oft did claim. 
While forth from stream and crystal lake 
Fish in abundance the}^ could take. 
A few resources here we've named, 
Of this primeval island famed ; 
Around a fertile spacious plain, ^-^ 
A deep channel they did maintain, 
Which it took ages to prepare, 
Wide as a stadium ev'ryw^here. 
While small canals, say two score, 
Their varied mountain products bore, 
Till in the main channel set free 
They all paid tribute to the sea. 
About this large and fertile plain, 
(Still further knowledge to obtain ;) 
By careful research we have found 
'Twas nearly six score miles around. 



76 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



About thfe largest outer zone 

A stone wall had this tyrant thrown, 

To fortify this city well, 

Which story we have sought to tell. 

The distance from the zones it bore 

Of stadia was near three score. 

And described by the modern plan 

If we would the whole distance span. 

Across the space within the wall, 

The distance fifteen miles we'd call. 

A circuit 'round the walls to take 

A trip of two score miles would make. 

Within this space buildings were strewed^* 

Filled with a teeming multitude. 

All seeking greater wealth to gain. 

This Holy City to maintain. 

With all these riches ill content 

This sov'reign w^as on conquest bent. 

His host that built this wall so grand 

Now as brave warriors do stand. 

Truly a mighty host it seems, 

Afloat with twelve hundred triremes ; 

And it was his sincere desire, 

More territory to acquire. 



THE ACROPOI.IS. 

{After Plato's Description.) 




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E and F are the canals shown in the drawing the " Zones of 
Poseidon," page 69. B, the main canal from the plain to the 
ocean. A, the center zone. D, D, docks surrounding the main 
harbor. S, S, S, S, radial and circular streets of the city. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL.' 77 



Having provinces in the West 

He was seized with a great unrest, 

And following ambitious dreams 

He sought to conquor the Hellenes, 

The ruling nation of the East, 

That his kingdom might be increased. 

Although his confidence was real, 

His foe was "worthy of his steel". 

How this struggle might have ended, 

Had not Providence intended 

To sweep from the Hellenic shore 

All her brave hosts that armor bore. 

Destroying with a mighty flood 

Myriads of men who sought for blood. 

Only the Infinite could tell, 

The "God who doeth all things well." 

Of the long struggle that prevailed, 

So well by Homer was detailed, 

That to repeat would surely be 

Unwarranted temerity. 

So my good reader I do pray 

That 5^ou may read the Odyssey, 

The story told of Ulysses 

And his adventures o'er the seas. 



78 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



But Hellene's land, the deluge o'er, 
Was once more peopled as before 
By those who came from other lands. 
For such is oft the stern demands 
Of circumstances, for which man. 
Is helpless to foresee the plan. 
Not so upon Atlantis' isle, 
Did Providence wnth favor smile, 
For when the deluge o'er it came. 
Sinking from sight 'twas rent in twain, 
And naught was left of its fair. shores 
But the bleak islands, the Azores.^ ^ 



THE OUTLINE OF ATLANTIS. 

This map, which was drawn from recent charts in the 
U. S. Navy Department, gives a cross-section view of the At- 
lantic Ocean on a line drawn from The Pillars of Hercules 
to Boston Harbor. 



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The figures on the left show the depth of soundings in 
fathoms, and those on the bottom line the longitude West 
from Greenwich. 

The black dots indicate points of actual soundings. 

Atlantis is shown in prominent outline between the 20th 
and 35th meridians. 

The mountain peaks of Atlantis are now known as the 
Islands of the Azores. 



THK GREAT DETvUGK OF AI,!,." 79 



CANTO IX. 



iVER the breadth of Aztlan's land 
Numberless palaces now stand, 
In which, amidst great revelry 
The ruby wine ever flows free. 
While out upon the raging main, 
All this luxury to maintain, 
Are warrior hosts from this great land 
With mighty ships at their command ; 
While dwelling here within the gates 
Are noblemen with rich estates. 
Where ever knocking at their door 
Are sufferers with hunger sore. 
Though to their cries of sore distress, 
From their deaf ear there's no redress. 
For a tyrant rules o'er this land, 
Who grinds the poor beneath his hand. 
And yet this land was fair to see, 
Fragrant w4th bloom on shrub and tree. 
While spicy perfumes filled the air, 
Wafted from their gardens fair. 



8o THE LOST ATlvANTIS, OR 



Where they now to false gods inclined 
Had many images enshrined ; 
For worship in many a grove, 
Forgetful of the God of love. 
Here were fair maidens free from care, 
Who a fond lover's smile did share, 
And children pla^^ed upon the street, 
Whose merry shouts all ears did greet ; 
On whom fond parents proudly gaze 
And think of their own childhood davs. 



" THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 8l 



CANTO X. 



[HE day was bright, and the sky clear, 
When a dread stillness did appear, 
Oppressive to all human-kind, 
With restlessness though ill-defined. 
Relentless nature in this hour 
Produced by some subtle power, 
A nameless fear in ev'ry heart 
Causing each pulse quickly to start ; 
While some la}^ prone upon the ground. 
Others their false gods quickly found. 
But all too late, for in this hour 
Idols had no saving power. 
Some sought for priests in their grief, 
Who wholly failed to grant relief. 
Either to bless or to forgive, 
Or grant them further days to live. 
For their last day on earth had come. 
Their revels o'er, and their race run, 
For now dense clouds quickly appear, 
Which bring to all increasing fear, 



82 THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



To see the lightning's vivid flash 
And hear the thunder's deaf 'ning clash ; 
While heaven's floodgates open wide 
And with the ocean's swelling tide, 
Responsive to the earthquake's shocks 
Engulf the shores, the mountains, rocks. 
Atlantis sinks beneath the wave 
With none to succor, none to save. 
Their noble palaces of fame. 
Too oft the dwelling place of shame. 
Have sunk to rise again no more 
With all the splendor that they bore. 
Their haughty king upon his throne 
Is now with all his splendor gone. 
While his oppressed from earth set free 
With him lie buried 'neath the sea. 
These bodies that on earth were born 
Will rise no more upon the morn. 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL." 83 



CANTO XI. 



f) UT God is love and in His plan, 
^ With tender care regardeth man, 
Though man too oft on evil bent, 
Retards the full accomplishment 
Of his development below, 
In his existence's onward flow. 
Could we have viewed that sadd'ning sight ; 
When day was quick transformed to night, 
We might have felt that God above 
No more his children here did love. 
But know ye not that by His care 
A mighty host He did prepare, 
A faithful, loving, spirit band 
Who hov'ring o'er this doomed land 
Did there a constant vigil keep ; 
Who rested not, or thought of sleep. 
Their glitt'ring robes shone o'er the night 
With a bright and resplendent light, 
And this fourfold angelic band 
Rescued the spirits from this land. 



84 'THE LOST ATLANTIS, OR 



As they forsook the mortal clay, 

And bore them in their arms away. 

Some to fair bowers of needed rest, 

Or to the mansions of the blest ; 

And others to the higher spheres 

Far, far, beyond this vale of tears, 

Prepared to do their Master's will 

Their special mission to fulfill. 

While 'tis with sorrow we relate 

That those in undeveloped state. 

Must remain hov'ring near the earth, 

Until a further spirit birth 

Shall raise them to some higher sphere, 

Many grave problems to make clear. 
* * ^ :*: * * 

The sun his course has daily run 
As the weeks have passed, one by one, 
While upon the vast ocean tide 
Are many barks that aimless ride, 
Seeking in vain their island home, 
Compelled as wanderers to roam. 
Some seek a home across the seas, 
While others land on Hercules' 



ATLANTIS AND SURROUNDINGS. 

This map, of fifty meridians of longitude, being taken 
from accurate charts of deep-sea soundings is' believed to 
be a correct diagram of the Island of Atlantis as it appeared 
previous to its final submergence. The Azore Islands and 
reefs that still rise above the surface of the Atlantic Ocean 
as lofty mountain peaks of the lost continent, are here shown. 




The exact location of the chief city, though problemat- 
ical, is believed to have been located on a large bay near the 
Pillars of Hercules. The source of information regarding 
the inland sea shown near the center of the island is of such 
a valuable nature that it seems probable that this was the 
source through which the subterranean fires acted with such 
power that a submergence took place, and the island was 
''rent in twain." 



THE GREAT DELUGE OF ALL.'' 85 



Pillars, and new provinces form, 
Safely sheltered from the storm. 
But millions perished 'neath the wave 
That sweptJAtlantis to its grave. 



yHJf THE END y|/ 



86 NOTES 



INIOT 



Page \* 

^ IVifk a churchanity profound. 

The sense iu which "churchanity" is here used, as the 
antipodes to Christianity, can be best defined in the words of 
J. M. Peebles, who, in an article in the "Arena" says: — 
"Churchanity and Christianity should no more be used in- 
terchangeably than spiritism and spiritualism. Churchan- 
ity, red with the blood of millions of slain heretics, still 
preaches salvation through blood, instead of through 
Christ, and points to the sepulchre and cri\cified bod}' of 
Jesus, instead of the Christ in heaven." 

Pagfe 5. 

'^ Prophetess proved 'niong womankind. 

"Lastly, we come to the books of the prophets. Of 
these I can only say, in a word, that we are not to think that 
the prophets are always foretellers, they are forth tellers. 
They are men who speak from wiihin ; they are men who see 
God and His spiritual laws, and appl}' these laws to current 
questions. When they do fo^^etell, they sometimes make 
mistakes. History does not always fulfill their foretelling. 
■-■■ * " (Sermon by Rev. Lyman Abbott, preached in 

Brooklyn, N. Y., March 14, 1897). 



Page \2. 

^ And a strange sight it must have been. 
See Frontispiece illustration. 



NOTES. 87 



Page 3t* 

^ Like the vast army, zee are told, 

Guarded the prophet host of old. 

"And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man and 
he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and 
chariots and of fire round about Klisha." (II Kings vi : 17.) 



Page 50, 

^ On Aztlan s ever wave-washed shores. 

"The Toltecs traced their migrations back to a start- 
ing point called 'Aztlan' or 'Altan'. This could be no other 
than Atlantis." ("Bancroft's Native Races", Vol. V., p. 221.) 



Page 5L 

^ hi America once had place. 

" The island (Atlantis) was larger than Lybia and A^ia 
put together, and was the way to othtr islands, and from 
there you might pass to the whole of the opposite continent 
which surrounded the true ocean '^ The surrounding 

land (North America) may be most truly called a boundless 
C07itinenty (Dialogues of Plato. Jowett's Translation, Vol. 
Ill, p. 445). 

"All the races that settled Mexico, we are told, traced 
their origin back to an Aztlan (Atlan — tis). ("' Donnelly's 
Atlantis," p. 168). 

There are a number of incontestable proofs to show that 
the vast continent discovered by Columbus is not really as 
recent as it is generally supposed to be. The Indian cannot 
be called the primitive American. Nor were the luxuriant 
forests where he hunted his prey trul}^ primeval, for they 



88 NOTES. 



were preceded by other forests, which themselves did not 
deserve the name of virgin, since they had already been 
trodden by the foot of man whose remains lie buried 
beneath their own." ("Man Before Metals," by M. Joly, 
p. 162). 

The following remarkable statement came to the writer 
through the courtesy of Mr. Edward Shippen, of Louisville, 
Ky., and is a part of a communication signed "Yermah, 
Chief of the Atlantians." Mr. Shippen says: "The forego- 
ing came in an envelope in answer to queries addressed to 
Yermah which I had sealed and sent to George Cole for 
answer." Yermah says: "My wish is to reach the modern 
mortal world and uncover a mighty past, which now is only 
a vague tradition. My race were the dominant people pre- 
vious to the submergence of the Atlantian continent. And 
those that escaped on the African continent drove out the 
Ethiopians from the northern part and established the 
Egyptian Kingdom, and the Atlantian kings were known 
latterly as Pharaohs. * '■ Those who escaped on the 

American continent settled in Central America, and some of 
the tablets and inscriptions of the Atlantians have been un- 
earthed recently in Uticaro which are said to resemble 
Egyptian characters. And why not, since the Egyptians 
were Atlantians ? And I say unto you, brother, that the race 
of American Indians of both North and South America are 
degenerate descendants of the Atlantian people, rendered 
savage and nomad from long exclusion from other people 
after the waters of the Atlantic had intercepted intercourse 
with what you now term Europeans ; for so many ages of 
time. There was, however, a portion of the Atlantian people 
who continued to remain civilized, and they are now known 
by historians as Aztecs, inhabiting what is now known as 
Mexico and Central America. And Montezuma, a descend- 



NOTES. 89 



ant from myself, was the last chief of the Atlantian race, 
who retained a resemblance of the former glories of the At- 
lantians." 

Pagfe 53. 

'^ About floods and the creation. 

From the account of the Deucalian deluge we make the 
following extract : — 

"The actual race of men is not the first, for there was a 
previous one, all the members of which perished. We be- 
long to a second race, descended from Deucalion, and multi- 
plied in the course of time. As to the former men, they are 
said to have been full of insolence and pride, committing 
many crimes, disregarding their oath, neglecting the rights 
of hospitality, unsparing to suppliants ; accordingly, they 
were punished by an immense disaster. All on a sudden 
enormous volumes of water issued from the earth, and rains 
of extraordinary abundance began to fall ; the rivers left their 
beds, a7id the sea overflowed its shores ; the whole earth was 
covered with water, and all men perished. Deucalion alone, 
because of his virtue and piety, was preserved alive to give 
birth to a new race. -■'" •■■ He placed himself, his children, 

and his wives in a great coffer that he had, in which pigs, 
horses, lions, serpents, and all other terrestrial animals 
came to seek refuge with him." 

In a sermon delivered by Rev. Lyman Abbott in Plymouth 
Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., March 14, 1897. He says : 

" In the third place •■ He (the scientific theo- 

logian) finds, for example, in tte Book of Genesis certain 
accounts of the fall, the flood, the creation ; then he finds on 
the old Assyrian tablets, written a thousand years before 
Moses, analagous stories of the creation, of the fall and of 



90 NOTES. 



the flood. He looks back into history and finds that the 
Israelites at a certain period of their history dwelt in Assyria 
and he draws the not improbable conclusion that they de- 
rived their knowledge of these traditions of creation, of fall 
and of flood from the Assyrian people, who had them long 
before Moses lived, although Moses is the one to whom tradi- 
tion attributes the authorship of the Book of Genesis." 

^ Lost Atlantis ivas the Eden. 

See map of the Atlantian plain, page 75. 

" And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden ; 
-:■:- -:•:- s And a rivcr went out of Eden to water the garden; 
and from thence it was parted, and became \m\.o four heads." 

-;•:- •;::- -:•:■ Qencsis II, 8, lO. 

Josephus tells us (Chap, i, p. 41): "Now the garden (of 
Eden) was watered by one river, which ran round about the 
whole earth, and was parted into four parts." 

" Here in the four parts we see the origin of the cross, 
while, in the river running around the whole earth we have 
the wonderful canal of Atlantis described by Plato, which 
was 'carried around the whole plain,' down from the moun- 
tains." (Donnelly's Atlantis, p. 325.) 

^A?td here were the fields Elysian. 

Elysian, (the Elysian Fields), with the islands of the 
blest, -'■ were commonly placed in the remote West. 

-:•:- -s- * jjj early times it appears to have been believed that 
Elysian and the happy islands were reserved less for the 
virtuous and good than for certain favorites of the gods. 
There, under the sovereignty of Kronos, they lived a kind of 
second golden age of perpetual duration. But in later times 
there spread more and more a belief in a happy immortality 
reserved for all the good." (Murray's '* Mytholog}'," p. 60.) 

In the zones of land described by Plato may we not find 
the "happy islands " spoken of above ? 



NOTES. 91 



" The Egyptian belief referred to a real country ; they 
described its cities, mountains, and rivers ; one of the latter 
was called Ui^afies, a name which reminds us of the Atlan- 
tean god Uranos.'' (" Donnelly's Atlantis," p. 359.) " Whether 
we turn to the Hebrews, the Aryans, the Phoenecians, the 
Greeks, the Cushites, or the inhabitants of America, we find 
everywhere traditions of the Deluge ; and we shall see that 
all these traditions point unmistakably to the destruction 
of Atlantis.'" (Ibid, p. 65.) Of the Chaldean deluge Berasus 
says : " Obartes Elbaratuho being dead, his son Xithuthros 
(Khasisatra) reigned. * It was under him that the 

Great Deluge took place, the history of which is told in the 
sacred documents as follows : 

" Cronos (Ea) appeared to him in his sleep, and announced 
that on the fifteenth of the month of Daisios * * "■•- all 
men should perish by a flood. He therefore commanded 
him to * build a vessel, and to enter it with his 

family and dearest friends. ■•• "-■■ And to cause animals, 

birds, and quadrupeds to enter it. Xithuthros 

obeyed, and constructed a vessel five stadia long and five 
broad ; he collected all that had been prescribed to him, and 
embarked his wife, his children, and his intimate friends." 



Page 54, 

1 We7'e k?iown as gods in later time. 

" These deities to whom the affairs of the world were 
entrusted were, it was believed, immortal, though not eternal 
in their existence. ■•■ In Crete there was even a story 

of the death of Zeus, his tomb being pointed out." (Mur- 
ray's Mythology, p. 2.) 

" This blessed land answers to the description of At- 
lantis. "■^- * '-•■ On the highest point of the mountain dwelt 



92 NOTES. 



Zeus (the king), while the mansions of the other deities 
were arranged upon the plateaus, or in ravines lower down 
the mountain. These deities, including Zeus, weri twelve 
in number." (" Donnelly's Atlantis," p. 287.) 



1 1 



Begat the first incarnate god. 



" Kronos, ' the ripener,' 'the harvest god,' was a son of 
Uranos. "■• •■■ Uranos, deposed from the throne of the 

gods, was succeeded by Kronos, who bore him Pluto, 
Poseidon and Zeus." (Murray's Mythology, p. 29.) 



Page 58. 

^ '^Poseidon ivas the name he bore. 

"And Poseidon, receiving for his lot the island of Atlan- 
tis, begat children by a mortal woman, and settled them in a 
part of the island." (Dialogues of Plato, Vol. in, p. 534.) 



Pa^e 59- 

'^^ To hint zvere born sons half a score. 

"He (Po«eidon) also begat and brought up five pairs of 
twin male children ; and dividing the island of Atlantis into 
ten portions, he gave to the first-born of the eldest pair his 
mother's dwelling and the surrounding allotment, which 
was the largest and best, and made him king over the rest ; 
the others he made princes, and gave them rule over many 
men, and a large territory. The eldest, who was 

the first king, he named Atlas, and after him the whole 
island and the ocean were called Atlantic." (Dialogues of 
Plato, Vol. III., p. 535.) 



NOTES. • 93 



Pagfe 60* 

^'^ Ten thousand years historians say. 

" Human bones were extracted by Agassiz from a calca- 
reous conglomerate which forms part of a coral reef in Florida, 
and of which the learned Professor estimates the age to be 
more than 10,000 years." (" Man Before Metals," p. 162.) 

'^^ To multiply this by a score. 

" Draper attributes to the European man who withstood 
the last glacial epoch an antiquity of more than 250,000 
years." (Ibid, p. 183.) 

^ ^ While others say 'tis thousands more. 

" It would appear that the glacial period * "•■■ -■• may 
have lasted some 700,000 or 800,000 3'ears. ""=• * "■•■ This 
would give an antiquity of at least a million years to pre- 
glacial man if he existed." (" Ethnolog}-," by A. H. Keane, 
P- 57-) 

Pa§fe (i\* 

^'^ The true origin of mankind 
In Genesis ive do not find. 

" No date * "■•• '•■ is to be found in Genesis which 
assigns a time for the birth of primitive humanity. 

No less than one hundred and forty different opinions 
have been formed about the date of the creation 
varying 3,194 years between the creation and the birth of 
Christ. From the moment, therefore, that it be- 

comes a recognized fact that the question of human origin 
owes no allegiance to dogma, it will become, as it ought to 
become, a scientific thesis open to discussion." {" Man Be- 
fore Metals," p. 4.) 



94 NOTES. 

^ ^ That vian cmne through evolution. 

" The ancient tradition of man fixes the beginning of 
the human race as about 4,004 years before the birth of Jesus. 
We, of to-day, know that thistles and plants and rocks have 
existed in this world for millions of years, and that the 
world is millions of years old. We cannot accept as true the 
ancient tradition of Adam and Eve. -^ •■■ It is absurd. 

-;;:- ■:: There does not exist on the face of the earth the 

slightest reason to believe in the truth of the tradition 
which was a myth of pagan people, and was from them en- 
grafted upon the Hebrews. 

"Jesus never referred to this tradition. Does it not 
seem strange that He should not, even in the slightest way> 
have referred to it, if it were worthy of belief? 

" God explained to the modern world through his mes- 
senger — science — the history of the world. 

" Science has taught us that we have been developed 
from a lower type of life, and that we are reaching out for 
the attainment of progress and goodness. * "■•'" The 

pagan myth of Adam and Eve is utterly untrue." (Extract 
from a sermon delivered by Rev. Minot J. Savage, in New 
York City, Sunday, March 14, 1897.) 



Page €1* 

^ ^ That primal man looked like an ape, 

" The species of man who we propose to study is com- 
monly known as fossil man, primitive man, pre-historic 
man : he has even been sometimes called nian-inonkey , or 
pitheca7ithrope:' ("Man Before Metals," p. 16.) 

^ ^And earlier still zvas protoplasm. 

In an article in the " Arena" for March, 1897, written by 
Prof. Joseph IvcCompte, and entitled " The Relation of Biol- 



NOTES. 95 



ogy to Philosophy," the following passages occur : " In the 
earlier stages of cosmic evolution, we have good reason to 
believe that matter existed only in elementary, or perhaps 
in still simpler-condition. Chemical affinity was over- 
powered and held in abeyance by intensity of primal heat, 
which we know dissociates all compounds. Such is the 
condition of things on the sun to-day. As cooling of the 
earth progressed, chemical affinity came into play, and com- 
pounds were formed. These, by repeated combinations and 
re-combinations, became more and more complex and un- 
stable, until that most complex and unstable of all known 
substances, protoplasm, was achieved. Chemical evolution 
could go no further. * But evolution did not stop 

there. For chemical evolution in achieving protoplasm, 
achieved also the conditions necessary for a new and higher 
kind of evolution, namely, organic evolution, under the con- 
trol of a new and higher force, and by a new and higher 
process — organizations of the substance of protoplasm. 
The course of evolution was taken up on to a higher plane 
under the guidance of life forces and by means of the gen- 
eral process of organization, * -•■ and went forward to 
attain higher and higher forms of plants and animals, until 
finally it reached its goal and completion in man." 



Page ^b* 

"^ ' Tivas then that man sought to be just. 

" For many generations, as long as the divine nature 
lasted in them, they were obedient to the laws and well- 
affectioned towards the god, whose seed they were ; for they 
possessed true and in every way great spirits, uniting gentle- 
ness with wisdom in the various chances of life, and their 
intercourse with one another." (Dialogues of Plato, Vol. 
Ill, p. 542.) 



96 NOTES. 



Pa^e 74. 

2 2 While cQcoanuts did much abomid. 

"Also grew and thrived in that land ■•■ fruits 

having a hard rind, affording drinks and meats and oint- 
ments." ("Dialogues of Plato," Vol. in., p. 536.) 

''Many of our grains and fruits somewhat resembled 
those offered in our markets. The banana was 

shorter than at present, and the cocoanut was ifiuch flat- 
tened at the ends." The foregoing statement was taken 
from a pamphlet published by Meredith B. Little, entitled 
"An Hour in Lost Atlantis", and is part of a psychic commu- 
nication received by him from a personality purporting to 
be Wynona, prince of the Atlantians, who claims to have 
lived on that island about 14,000 years before the present era. 



Page 75. 

^ ^Around a fertile spacious plain. ' 
See map of The Atlantian Plain (Garden of Eden) page 75. 



Pa§:e 76. 

^ * Within this space buildings ivere strewed. 
See map of the "Acropolis", page 76. 



Page 78. 

^^But the bleak islands, the Azo7'es. 

"The Azore islands are undoubtedly the peaks of the 
mountains of Atlantis. They are even yet the centre of 



NOTES. 



97 



great volcanic activity. * ■■■ The vast oscillations which 

carried Plato's continent beneath the sea may again bring 
it, with all its buried treasures to the light." (Donnelly's 
Atlantis, pp. 43-44.) 

"Another corroboration of the truth of Plato's narrative 
is found in the fact that upon the Azores, black lava rocks, 
and rocks red and white in color, are now found." (Ibid, 
p. 24.) 

See illustration "The Outline of Atlantis", page 78. 



98 



INDEX. 



IIMDEX. 



Abbott, Lyman, Rev. 86,89 

Acropolis, 70 

ADAM, 62, 94 

Africa, 88 

Agassiz, 93 

America, . . 51,58,87,91 
Ampheres, .... 59 
Angels, . . . . 12,21 

Ape, 62 

Ark, 53 

Art,. . . 50,52,64,65,78 

Army, 31,87 

Aryans, 91 

Asia, 87 

Assyria, 90 

Atlantis, . 49, 53- 5^, 58, 59, 
.... 82,85,87,90 

Atlas, 58, 92 

AzAES, 59 

Azores,. . . . 78,96,97 

Aztecs, 88 

Aztlan, 50,51,54,70,79,87 

Banana, 96 

Baths for horses, . . 74 
Bible, .... 53,56,61 

Birds, 91 

Brass, 72 

Bridges, 72 

Bronze, . . . .51,64 
Canals, ..... 75, 90 
Central America, . . 80 



Chariots, . 
Christ, . 
Chronos, . 
Churchanity, 
Cleito, . 
Coffer, . . 
Cocoanuts, 
Cole, George, 
Columbus, 
Copper, 
Chestnuts, 
Creation, . 
Crete, . 
Cross, origin 
Cushites . 
Daniel, . 
Darwin, . 
Deluge, 
Deucalion, 

DiAPRAPES, 

Dolphins, . 
Draper, . 
East, The . 
Earth, . . 



31,58,74,87,93 

55,86 

53,56 

1,86 

70,73 
. 89 
74,96 
. 88 

• 87 
51,63 

• 74 
53,89 

• 91 

• 90 

• 91 
. 8 
. 61 

54<9i 
. 89 

• 59 

• 74 

• 93 
58,77 
. 61 



of, 



Ebon, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 35, 
37,39,40,41,43,45,46,47 
Eden, .... 53,62,90 
Egyptian, . . . . 88, 91 
ElLaban, 5, 15,34, 35,. 36, 
. . . . 37,39,41,43 
Elasippus, . . • . 59 



INDEX. 



99 



Elephants, 
ElvISHA, . 

Elysiau Fields 

ElvZAR, 

Ethopians, 

EVAEMON, 
EVANOR, 

Eve, . 

Evolution, 

Fish, . 

Flood, . 

Florida, 

Forests, 

Geaea, 

Genesis, 

Gilt, . 

Glacial Period 

GODEIRUS, 

Gods, . 

Gold, . 

Grain, . 

Grecian, 

Hades, . 

Hebrews, 

Hellenes, 

Helmets, 

Hercules' Pillars 

Homer, 

Horse, . . 41, 

Host, . 

Idols, . 

Implements, 

Indian, 



• 75 

• 87 
53.90 

8,35,38,41. 

43. 44, 50 

. 88 

• 59 

• 70 
62,94 

54,61,95 

. 75 
52,53,77,89 

• 93 
. 88 

• 54 
61,89,90,93 

• 73 

• 93 

• 59 
2,54,81,90 

50,73 

• 37 
. 58 

• 57 
91,94 
77,78 
. 64 
59,85 

• 77 
2, 74, 87, 88 

31,32,83 
. . 81 
. . 63 
. . 87 



Iron, 66 

Israelites, 90 

Ivory, 73 

JOLY, M., 88 

josephus, 90 

Jove, 57 

Jupiter 57 

Kronos, or Chronos, 90, 92 

Lathe, 71 

Le Compte, Prof. Joseph 94 
Legends, .... 63, 70 

Legumes, 74 

LEII.A, 5, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 
23,24,26,31,33,34, 35,36, 
37, 41, 42, 43,44,45,47,48 

Leos, 34 

Leuceippe, .... 70 
Link Missing, ... 62 
Lions, . 7,8, II, 12, 13, 14, 
.... 27,34,44,75 
LuRA, . . 8, 12, 13, 14, 15 

Lybia, 87 

Man, . 54,60,61.62,93,95 
Man-Monkey, ... 94 

Mestor, 59 

Mexico, . . . .87,88 

Mines, 51 

Mneseus, 59 

Montezuma,. ... 88 

Moses, 89,90 

Nature, 81 

Neptune,. . . . 72,74 

Nereids, 74 

Noah, 53 



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INDEX. 



Noblemen, 
Ocean, Atlantic, 
Odyssey, Homer 
Orichalchum, 
Pharaohs, 
Phoenecians, 
Pigs, . 
Plato, . 
Pluto, . 
Poetry, . 
Poets, . 

POSKLDON, 



Priests, 

Princess, 

Prophecy, 

Prophet, 

Prophetess, 

Protoplasm, 

Rhaea, 

Sages, . 

Sails, , 

Saturn, . 

Savage, Minot 

Sepulchre, 

Serpents, 

Science, 

Shields, 

Ships, . 

Silver, . 

SOIyON, . 

Springs, 
Spirit Band, 
Stadium, . 



. 79 
59.92 

• 77 
51,72,73 
. 88 

. 91 



50 



65,90 
57,92 
50,61 
• 63 

57, 58, 65, 
70, 73, 92 
. 48, 81 

12, 13, 14 

• 25, 48 
. 16, 18 
. 5,86 
. . 62 
. . 56 

• 62, 63 
45. 52, 53 
. . 56 

, Rev. 94 
. . 86 
. . 88 
52,61,65 
. . 64 
52, 53, 79 

• • 73 
. . 65 

• • 74 
. . 83 

. . 71 



Stone, Black, .... 97 
Stone, Red, .... 72 
Stone, Rough, ... 63 
Stone, White, ... 97 
Tablets, Assyrian, . . 89 
Temple, 34, 40, 51, 58, 65, 73 

Tents, 10 

Thistles, 94 

Thunder, . . . . 57, 82 
Thunderbolts, ... 56 

Tiger, 9 

Tin, 51,64,72 

Titans, 57 

Toltecs, 87 

Tools, 63 

Trident, 58 

Triremes,- 76 

Ulysses, 77 

Uranos, ... 54, 91, 92 

Uticaro, 88 

Walls, 72 

West, The. . . . 58,77 

Wheat, 74 

Willows, 38 

Witch, 32, 33 

Woman, .... 4, 62 
Wynona, 96 

XlTHUTHROS, ... 91 

Yermah, 88 

Zeus, . . . 54,56,57,91 
Zeus, Tomb of, , . . 91 
Zoar, . 5, 16, 20, 22, 23, 26, 

• • • 31,32,35,43,44 
Zones, .... 71, 72,90 



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